Creating Python "executables" on Windows?

[Hrvoje Niksic]

"Alex Martelli" <alex at magenta.com> writes:

> "Hrvoje Niksic" <hniksic at iskon.hr> wrote in message
> news:wkr97zhkkc.fsf at iskon.hr...
> > "Daniel Dittmar" <daniel.dittmar at sap.com> writes:
> >
> > > - if you're using the DOS prompt, you can set the environment variable
> > > PATHEXT to include .py.
> >
> > How do I do that?  When I try `echo %PATHEXT%', I only get "ECHO is on".
> 
> Are you on NT?

Nope; that's Windows 98.  Second edition, if it makes a difference.

> > That would be very cool.  I've installed Python using the
> > installer provided on www.python.org (py152.exe).  I'm not sure
> > how I missed the assoc thing.
> 
> It should do it automatically. (...)

I now believe it's right, because the Python files have the snake
icons in the explorer.